| Similar situation for me and my Warheads. I figure I'll just have to use the Kinect as the mic, and output the voice through the speakers, and therefore the headset. Not that it really matters to me, I don't even have my mic plugged in. |
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robthehermit 6,479 posts
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shamblemonkee 17,897 posts
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Registered 13 years agoBlatant money grab.
XBOX MUTE!
Voices out of the TV is awful, very hard to pick out during games. The old 360 headsets might not have been great but htey served a purpose. for the minute cost of including it and providing a choice it seems very tight-fisted. -
Vortex808 12,172 posts
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Registered 9 years agorobthehermit wrote:
If that works well enough, then it might be a workaround. So long as I'm not having to bawl across the room to make myself heard. God knows how loud that'd be in a challenging multiplayer match after a few beers when my dander's up!
Similar situation for me and my Warheads. I figure I'll just have to use the Kinect as the mic, and output the voice through the speakers, and therefore the headset. Not that it really matters to me, I don't even have my mic plugged in.
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mikew1985 wrote:
To add to this, I wonder what would happen if you correlate the people that spend money on consoles with broadband subs.
spindizzy wrote:
Just had a quick look at that list (which is massively out of date - being that it's from 2010)
RightBean wrote:
What NECESSARY functionality would be impacted by making it work offline? Say I just want to play some SP games, have zero interest in chatting to 12 year olds, why does it NEED to be online?
I think it's reasonable to target a device at the mainstream who have internet connections. And if you are also manufacturing another product that doesn't require internet, it is perfectly reasonable to recommend that product to those who don't have internet.
Edit: and incidentally, I think it realistically requires broadband, so it's hardly the mainstream/majority who have that. Perhaps it's the majority of 360 owners, but I bet there is a massive percentage of them who don't have broadband too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_number_of_broadband_Internet_subscriptions
But Ireland is listed as below:
50.Ireland 941,405 (total number of subs) 21.06% 2010
First of all the % is madness as it seems to forget that majority of subs account for entire families.
That kind of number would indicate almost complete broadband adoption and coverage in Ireland - we've only got about 4 million people for Christ sake!
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ronuds 21,781 posts
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Registered 12 years agoVortex808 wrote:
There's a setting for if the sound is coming through the TV, because it's not supposed to be like that.
They were never that great and required you to have the sound through the telly anyway.
The original headsets that came with the launch 360s were pretty good, imo. The ones they released with the slims were less so.
If I were to get an XBOX, I would definitely factor in the price of a headset. Using Kinect sounds terrible, tbh. -
King_Edward 11,470 posts
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Registered 8 years agoKinect's pretty smart. I'm sure it can factor out background noise well enough. I think they're trying to get you used to talking to your tv as much as possible. -
morriss 71,290 posts
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Registered 14 years agoIt can read your heartbeat in a crowded room. -
ronuds 21,781 posts
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Registered 12 years agoMy issue isn't as much with the talking, but the hearing. I don't want a bunch of idiots blasting over my TV with their profanities!
It's embarrassing enough a man of my age playing video games.
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Vortex808 12,172 posts
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Registered 9 years agoI found the original 360 headsets to be really uncomfortable after a while of use.
Getting them in the right position seemed to be difficult for some too given the amount of mouth-breathing you used to hear. Or worse, the dipshits who held the mic up to whatever shite music they were listening to.
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mrpon 34,288 posts
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Registered 11 years agoIt starts a two player game when mowgli walks in the room. -
OH MY GOD IT's HAL! -
cubbymoore 36,677 posts
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Registered 14 years agoAny word on how kinect handles gravitational fields? -
morriss 71,290 posts
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Registered 14 years agoYeah. It's really smart. However, if I dev can't make at least one decent game utilising the features.
I dunno, perhaps a Silent Hill game that knows it's shitting you up and plays around with that? I agree with youm however; it's great tech but perhaps mainly superfluous for a games machine.
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I bet there are a billion kinect games in the pipeline. -
morriss 71,290 posts
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Registered 14 years agoHopefully one of them is decent. -
I find the voice control interesting, but the motion stuff a bit pointless. It's much easier to just press a button. -
morriss 71,290 posts
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Registered 14 years agoSG59 wrote:
Really? You don't think it's that good and a bit pointless? Really? Never thought you'd say something negative as you've been nothing but positive so far.
I find the voice control interesting, but the motion stuff a bit pointless. It's much easier to just press a button.
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morriss wrote:
mowgli again. Hopefully, Kinect doesn't have a nose.
I dunno, perhaps a Silent Hill game that knows it's shitting you up and plays around with that? -
nickthegun 73,291 posts
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Registered 12 years agoThe funny thing about the mandatory kinect is that it would probably have been better received had they not ever released it for the 360. -
I know, it's shocking isn't it.
Seriously though,
Motion control (Wii, Move, Kinect), doesn't appeal to me. The voice control stuff sounds great though. Being able to just say what you want and it simply doing it with ease is great.
If implemented well, I can see it being quite useful. Hasn't the witcher 3 got voice controlled spells?
Imagine your Titan being ready for drop on titanfall, and instead of stopping, you could just say "drop here" or something.
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Prrft I don't have to imagine I did that in Mass Effect 3. It's awesome when it works but when it doesn't it's fucking annoying. -
Sounds to me like they might of improved it. I wonder if the problem was with accents... -
nickthegun 73,291 posts
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Registered 12 years agoMy mrs often sits in the front room on the phone to her old dear when im on the pooter and kinect enabled games just cant cope with it.
Mass Effect 3 especially had her repeatedly using the charge shot power while jabbering on. -
King_Edward 11,470 posts
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Registered 8 years agoronuds wrote:
I'm sure you can still mute dickheads.
My issue isn't as much with the talking, but the hearing. I don't want a bunch of idiots blasting over my TV with their profanities!
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Dizzy 3,639 posts
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Registered 16 years agoTBH, the new Kinect is getting a lot of very positive vibes from the mainstream news. I think it will contribute a lot to the sales of X1.
I'm sure you can still mute dickheads.
Maybe Kinect will do it for you?
Xbox: Mute dickheads!
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King_Edward 11,470 posts
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Registered 8 years agoSG59 wrote:
Voice controlled stuff doesn't need a Kinect though. They could do all that with a headset.
I know, it's shocking isn't it.
Seriously though,
Motion control (Wii, Move, Kinect), doesn't appeal to me. The voice control stuff sounds great though. Being able to just say what you want and it simply doing it with ease is great.
If implemented well, I can see it being quite useful. Hasn't the witcher 3 got voice controlled spells?
Imagine your Titan being ready for drop on titanfall, and instead of stopping, you could just say "drop here" or something.
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Dizzy 3,639 posts
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Registered 16 years agoKing_Edward wrote:
Voice controlled stuff doesn't need a headset though. They could do all that with a Kinect.
Voice controlled stuff doesn't need a Kinect though. They could do all that with a headset.
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